Canada

As Alberta campaigns to attract workers, economists say the competition is healthy

OTTAWA - When Zeel Shah's partner left Toronto for a job in Edmonton in 2018, the young couple had to decide which city offered the future they wanted for themselves. Shah, now 28, says she and Deep C...

Oct 12, 2022

Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October

VANCOUVER - An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia. The brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species in C...

Oct 12, 2022

Hurricane hunter who flew into the eye of Fiona describes 'very challenging' storm

FREDERICTON - Kevin Doremus says the eyes of hurricanes, including Fiona - a storm that barrelled into Atlantic Canada last month causing widespread damage - look like open-air domes, similar to sport...

Oct 12, 2022

Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law

WHITEHORSE - A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntu...

Oct 11, 2022

Canada and Japan launch formal talks on intelligence-sharing pact

OTTAWA - Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly met today with her Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo. The two ad...

Oct 11, 2022

Trudeau announces money for Quebec firm that produces minerals for electric cars

SOREL-TRACY, Que. - The federal government says it will invest $222 million to help a Quebec company increase production of critical minerals for goods such as electric cars and batteries. Prime Minis...

Oct 11, 2022

'Defending Saskatchewan': Moe prepared to take legal actions over pollution laws

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he is prepared to take legal actions over federal regulations on pollution. The Saskatchewan Party government has outlined a policy and st...

Oct 11, 2022

United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith sworn in as Alberta's new premier

EDMONTON - Danielle Smith has become Alberta's new premier. Smith was sworn into office by Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani in a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. Smith will also serve as intergovernmen...

Oct 11, 2022

Cap on international students' working hours should be lifted permanently: advocates

OTTAWA - Advocates who want the federal government to lift the cap on working hours for international students say a new pilot project that allows them to work more should be made permanent. Last week...

Oct 11, 2022

PQ leader wants to take seat in Quebec legislature without swearing oath to King

MONTREAL - Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is refusing to swear an oath to King Charles III. Before they can take their seats in the legislature, newly elected members are required to sw...

Oct 11, 2022